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Google Street View puts Flintshire on the map

WEB giant Google has expanded its Street View service to include nearly all of Flintshire.Read

Emergency services called to two bike crashes in Deeside

TWO motorcyclists were taken to hospital in separate incidents in Deeside yesterday (Monday).Read

Google Street View puts Flintshire on the map

WEB giant Google has expanded its Street View service to include nearly all of Flintshire.Read

Welsh Secretary Peter Hain to visit Toyota, Deeside

WELSH Secretary Peter Hain will visit Toyota’s Deeside plant today (Thursday) to meet management – 24 hours after it was announced about 150 workers will be made redundant.Read

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service urges Flintshire smokers to quit

FLINTSHIRE smokers are being urged to quit today (March 11) to mark National No Smoking Day.Read

Mold soldier Joe Pennligton opts to have leg amputated after being injured by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

A SOLDIER given just 48 hours to live after his vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb has made a remarkable recovery.Read

Family of disabled Harley Noble of Bagillt raise enough money to buy him a suitable car

A DISABLED four-year-old ‘shrieked with joy’ when he found out fundraisers had secured enough cash to buy a car which could fit his motorised wheelchair.Read

Flint not included in Flintshire Artsfest

THE mayor of Flint has expressed his ‘disappointment’ that there are no Flintshire Artsfest events being held in the town.Read

Marie Curie Cancer Care charity needs volunteers to collect in Broughton

MARIE Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal is urgently in need of volunteers in Broughton to carry out a collection at a supermarket this weekend. ŠRead

Connah’s Quay man admits assaulting neighbour with bucket of water

A FEUD over pets ended up with a man pouring a bucket of water over his neighbour – and getting charged with assault.Read

Consultation on homes planned for Aston Mead, Deeside

MEMBERS of the public have been invited to an open consultation event today (Thursday), when plans for new, environmentally friendly, affordable homes at Aston Mead, Deeside, will be on show.Read

Flintshire County Council agrees UDP after 10 years of talks – but some sites are still up for debate

DEMONSTRATORS have claimed victory after a council U-turn on plans which would have allowed hundreds of homes on land ‘riddled with mine shafts’.Read

Staff at Toyota, Deeside, to return to full-time work

MORE than 500 employees at the Toyota plant in Deeside will return to full-time working for the first time in a year on April 1.Read

Flintshire county councillors have been debating the future of the Residual Waste Project which could see an incinerator built in Deeside

A ROW has broken out over the future of the North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Project, which could see an ‘incinerator’ built in Deeside.Read

Police find cannabis in shed during drugs warrant in Mold

POLICE executed a search warrant at a house in Mold and found a large bag of cannabis in a shed.Read

Chance for Airbus plant at Broughton to seal US tanker contract is slipping away

BILLIONS of pounds worth of work on wings for a new generation of airborne refuelling tankers for the United States Air Force is slipping away from Broughton’s Airbus plant.Read

Flint councillors ‘confident’ they will find solution for maisonettes

FLINT county councillors say they are ‘confident’ a solution will be found to resolve problems with the town’s rundown maisonettes.Read

Families told to look for alternative burial sites after natural springs discovered under Hawarden Cemetery

PEOPLE who have reserved burial plots at a Deeside cemetery have been told to look for alternative resting places after the discovery of natural springs under the graves.Read

Cemetery inspections in Holywell and Bagillt

MEMORIALS in Holywell and Bagillt cemeteries are to be inspected.Read

North Flintshire residents warned to keep sheds secure after burglaries

POLICE in North Flintshire are warning people to keep sheds and outbuildings secure after a number of burglaries in properties other than dwellings.Read

Afonwen community campaign for speed restrictions on A541

A COMMUNITY has been dealt a ‘slap in the face’ as it continues a 30 year fight for speed restrictions on a busy road.Read

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